Improvement in wiring and binding hats



M.A. CUMING & J. KNI GH T;

. WIRINGAND BINDING HATS.

No. 186,312. Pa man.1e,1s77.

- UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

MARI A. OUMING AND JUDSON KNIGHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT m WIRING AND BINDING HATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,312, dated January16, 1877 application filed November 18, 1876,

To all whom 'tt may concern:

Be it known that we, MARI A. OUMING and JUDsoN KNIGHT, of the city,county, and

- State of New York, have invented a new and an improved machine forbinding hats,fe1t

skirts, and similar articles in a rapid and superior manner, by auniform and parallel pressure on the rims, and by facilitating theapplying and taking off of the articles from the machine, andaccomplishing the cutting of the binding or braid and wire in a reliableand improved manner. 1

The invention will first be described in connection with drawing, andthen pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, A A are the pressure-rollers, to which the binding orbraid is fed in the customary manner by a folding-guide, B. Thepressure-rollers A attach the binding and the wire, if one is required,in connection with agrooved gage, (J, that is supported on a seat, a, ofthe shaft of the lower pressure-roller. The wire is guided by annularrecesses or chamferings b at the rear circumference of thepressure-rollers A and the groove b of the gage.

The gage G is so connected to its seat that it may be turned and anotherguide-groove of the same be exposed to face the pressure-rollers, so asto adapt the same for a variety of work. The seat a is made to slide onthe lower shaft, and applied to an arm, a, that is adjustable by slotandset-screw a, so as to admit the ready moving back of the gage andsetting of the same, as required.

For the purpose of obtaining a uniform pressure of the rollers, whetherheavy or light goods are passed between the same, the upper roller-shaftis supported in bearings D, which slide in upright guides D, so as toimpart a parallel motion to the upper shaft and pressure-roller. Thefront bearing D is acted upon by a strong spiral spring, d, withadjustable tension, by which the roller is pressed. down on the work.The parallel motion of the roller-shaft is accomplished by a compoundleverconnection of the front and rear bearings D, the front lever 19being fulcrumed to a knifeedge, 0 of the guides D, so as to transmit thepressure on the shaft and bearing from of the main objections to thepresent machines for binding hats.

By the use of a cam and lever, F, below the front shaft'bearing D, theupper roller may be lifted clear of the work analogous to thepresser-foot of sewing machines, and thereby the gear connection of theshafts interrupted, so that the lower shaft may continue torevolvewithout engaging the upper shaft. This facilitates in a greatdegree the removing of the hat, or other article, from the rollers, andthe insertion of the next hat, as the lever is merely thrown up or down,and thereby the upper shaft thrown out of gear with the lower.

The folding-guide B is applied by fasteningscrews tothe front end of aswinging arnn'B, that is pivoted to the supporting-frame of the machine.

By loosening the screws the guide may be taken off and replaced byanother adapted to the work that is intended to be done on the machine.

The swinging arm B is engaged eccentrically to its pivotal point by acurved arm, g, of a vertically swinging lever, Gr, that is pivoted tobearings of the main frame, operated by a front handle in downwarddirection, and by a strong spring, G, for carrying the lever back intoup ward position. The curved arm g causes the horizontal swinging of theguide when the lever Gris lowered, so that the same will assume,'when atits lowermost point, a position between the pressurerollers and guide.

To the under side of the lever G is applied and guided, in suitablemanner, a sliding and spring-acted piece, G, that carries cuttingknivesh at both sides of its front end, which serve, in connection withstationary knives h of the lever, to cut jointly the wire and the lining0r braid.

The swinging action of the guide B carries the lining back, so as toclear the wire and expose the same and the lining separately to theaction of the knives, of which the set closer to the rollers is arrangedat some distance in front of the opposite set of the knives. Thisdisposition of the cutting-knives has the advantage that the lining iscut oil at greater length than the wire, so as to overlap and fullycoverthe same after being passed through between the pressure-rollers.

The cutter-carrying slide-piece G has an inclined rear end or face, t,that comes in contact with the inclined end 13 of a stationaryforward-extending arm, G when the lever is the rim, and so on.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure byv Letters Patent- 1. The front and rear bearings D D, combinedwith levers ef, fulcrumed on knife-edges e f, and connected by screw 6to insure the movement of upper roll with respect to the lower one, asshown and described.

2. The gage G, grooved and made adjustable, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

3. The combination of the cutter-lever G and slide-piece G each having aknife arranged on opposite sides, and in advance of each other, to'cutthe wire and binding at difl'erent lengths, as described.

4. The swinging spring-lever Gr, having fixed cutters, combined with theslide G, having cutters at one end, and inclined projection at theother, for the purpose set forth.

. MARI A. UUMING; JUDSON KNIGHT. Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, O. SEDGWIOK.

